6461 Budget Project

Budget Assignment

Sarahlyn Hickman

November 6, 2018

University of West Georgia

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Proposed Three Year Budget plan for 2018-2019/ 2019-2020 /2020-2021

Lamar County Primary School currently has a student population of 641. Our

school is Pre-K through Second grade. Ethnically the school is diverse with 58.7%

White, 32.9% black, 1.4% Hispanic, and 6.2% with two or more races. Our school

received a grant for the 2017-2018 school year for every student in our school, LCPS, to

receive free breakfast and lunch for the next five years. Within our school 11.5% receive

Special Education services. We have a great PTCO, Parent Teacher Community

Organization that raises money for certain things for the school. Depending on the

amount of money raised and the need for that specific year, determines where the

money will be spent within the school. The mission statement for the website is “Today

a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader!” With this statement I wanted to show the importance of

early literacy and introducing a love for reading can set the path for a student’s

adulthood. One book could change the way they think of reading in a positive way.

The current school librarian, Mrs. Bankston, has been at our school for 23 years.

She is given a budget of $5,413 each year that is already broken down into parts and

itemized for her to spend a certain amount of money in certain areas. She bases the

needs of teacher and students on the standards and the current reading curriculum to

make sure students and teacher have the resources they need for the year and years to

come. She also collaborates with teachers on what science and social studies projects

will be done to make sure research material is available for that as well. Mrs. Bankston

supports school initiatives by having books and resources available for students who

receive a certain number of Trojan Bucks (our incentive), they get to read with her or

administration. She consults with the school counsel committee and gives options to the
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Better Seekers Team. Our school tries to get extra funding by hosting book fairs, we do

this during Grandparents Week at our school because of the extra traffic flow within the

building.

2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 Total

Print Materials

Books $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $6,000

Periodicals $500 $500 $500 $1,500

Administrative $500 $500 $500 $1500

Supplies

Automation

System Costs

Equipment

iPad(2) $700 $700 $700 $2,100

Protection for $100 $100 $100 $300

iPad’s/cases/screen

protection

Headphones (3) $100 $100 $100 $300

Audio/Visual $450 $450 $450 $1,350

Materials
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Microphone

Camera

repairs/updates

Digital Materials $650 $650 $650 $1,950

Online research

databases

Computer Software

Budget $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $15,000

Books:

It is very important to keep ‘classic’ books in the school as well as new books so

help the children reflect on books, both old and new. Books that have been ‘well loved’

also need to be replaced and updated as the children check them out. Keeping an

abundance of books that are in a good state for students to check out is imperative. The

selection of books goes with the Georgia performance Standards and the reading

curriculum the school is currently using.

Periodicals:

After talking with several Media Specialist about subscriptions to certain

magazines and journals, I was informed that they have seen that to be faded out. Most

said they saw a better place for those funds for online books and subscriptions to other

resources.
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Administrative:

The budget includes a spot for administrative items, such as supplies and other

miscellaneous expenses that may come about within the library and for the reading

resources. Supplies may include big things to little things, such as batteries for items or

paper for bookmarks. The library is a place for resources and needs to be supplied well

with what the students need to successfully research topics.

Equipment:

The budget includes a spot for purchasing two iPads for the library for each year

for the next three years. That would total 6 iPads within 3 years, which is a big deal

because as of now the library does not have an iPad that stays in there for students

use. Technology will engage the student’s interests and go hand in hand with the

readings. If the students read information while being able to look it up and research it,

the information is much more likely to make and impact on the student. The iPads will

have protective covers and protectors to ensure they are well taken care of. The

administration, school counsel, and library team will develop a policy for the iPads to

cover them in the event they get damaged. Headphones will be purchased as well. With

the Apps that are available now there are many iPad apps that enhance students

reading skills as well as monitor them. This aids in letter recognition, letter sounds,

phonics, fluency, and so much more. All of the accessories will be covered within the

policy and labeled for identification purposes.

Audio/Visual:
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The library uses audio/visual materials for the morning announcements daily.

The Media Specialist also has several cameras that are used to take pictures during

activity days, such as Spirit week, Homecoming week, Book Fair, Plays, and any other

activity that is taking place that year. These photos can go to the newspaper and in the

yearbook so it is important to have working cameras available. It is important to make

sure the microphone is working for the morning announcements and have a spare just

in case. The Georgia Performance Standards for listening and speaking across all

subjects.

Digital Materials:

Digital Materials including, but not limited to, eBooks is included in the budget for

purchasing online books for students to use as resources. This is not something that

has been done for a long time, so as it grows the budget may be changed to fit the need

as technology is evolving. Science and Social Studies are big within this topic so the

first purchases will be based around the Georgia Performance Standards for science

and social studies.